human deliverance. Much of the Bible is written across a cultural landscape of oppression, social unrest, ethnic tensions, and idolatry. The haves oppress the have-nots. The rich lord over the poor. The slaves are servants to masters. The people of God are often complicit in the very injustices of which God’s prophets pronounce judgment. Yet God delivers! The redemptive power of God in favor of His rebellious people leaps across the pages of an otherwise hopeless narrative. We both identify with and